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Senior Python MCP Engineer

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of Python development experience
  • Experience with API and integration engineering
  • Proficiency in async Python frameworks such as FastAPI and aiohttp
  • Strong expertise in Python, FastMCP, asyncio, and Pydantic

Responsibilities

  • Design and maintain the template library and MCP factory/delivery service to enable scalable agent development
  • Implement server-side MCP protocol functionality for consistent agent-tool communication
  • Build and optimize serverless components using AWS Lambda and API Gateway
  • Develop asynchronous Python services using FastMCP, asyncio, and Pydantic

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Communication

About the company

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EPAM Systems

  • IT Services & Consulting
  • XLarge
  • 10,001+
Since 1993, EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE: EPAM) has used its software engineering expertise to become a leading global provider of digital engineering, cloud and AI-enabled transformation services, and a leading business and experience consulting partner for global enterprises and ambitious startups. We address our clients’ transformation challenges by fusing EPAM Continuum’s integrated strategy, experience and technology consulting with our 30+ years of engineering execution to speed our clients’ time to market and drive greater value from their innovations and digital investments. We make GenAI real with our AI LLM orchestration, testing and engineering solutions, EPAM DIAL, EPAM EliteA™ and EPAM AI/RUN™, respectively. We deliver globally, but engage locally with our expert teams of consultants, architects, designers and engineers, making the future real for our clients, our partners and our people around the world. We believe the right solutions are the ones that improve people’s lives and fuel competitive advantage for our clients across diverse industries. Our thinking comes to life in the experiences, products and platforms we design and bring to market. Added to the S&P 500 and the Forbes Global 2000 in 2021 and recognized by Glassdoor and Newsweek as a Top 100 Best Workplace, our multidisciplinary teams serve customers across six continents. We are proud to be among the top 15 companies in Information Technology Services in the Fortune 1000 and to be recognized as a leader in the IDC MarketScapes for Worldwide Experience Build Services, Worldwide Experience Design Services and Worldwide Software Engineering Services. Learn more at www.epam.com.

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Job description

We're looking for a Senior Python MCP Engineer to lead the creation of a production-ready, cloud-native Enterprise Agent Development Platform designed to help engineering teams define, orchestrate, deploy, and monitor AI agents at scale. Built on LangGraph and Strands Agents within AWS AgentCore Runtime, this platform brings consistency to agent development company-wide, offering a streamlined single-file developer workflow that automatically manages runtime, tooling, observability, and deployment. This position centers on the template library and MCP factory/delivery service, contributing to a larger effort covering agent framework design, runtime architecture, marketplace integration, CI/CD automation, and enterprise-level observability. Responsibilities Design and maintain the template library and MCP factory/delivery service to enable scalable agent development Implement server-side MCP protocol functionality for consistent agent-tool communication Build and optimize serverless components using AWS Lambda and API Gateway Develop asynchronous Python services using FastMCP, asyncio, and Pydantic Integrate platform-wide observability standards with OpenTelemetry for traces, metrics, and logs Enforce container security baseline practices across the development lifecycle Work with cross-functional teams to shrink agent development timelines from months to days Maintain consistent security, quality, and governance standards across the platform Requirements 3+ years of Python development experience Experience with API and integration engineering Proficiency in async Python frameworks such as FastAPI and aiohttp Strong expertise in Python, FastMCP, asyncio, and Pydantic Knowledge of AWS Lambda and API Gateway Understanding of server-side MCP protocol implementation Familiarity with OpenTelemetry for traces, metrics, and logs Experience with container security baseline practices English proficiency at a B2+ level Nice to have Hands-on experience with the FastMCP library Familiarity with LangGraph tool integration Exposure to AWS Bedrock or AgentCore

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